A Late Pliocene occurrence of the Thick-billed Murre (Alcidae: Uria lomvia) on St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1365-1368

  Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcidae; divergence times; fossil birds; Late Pliocene; murres; Pribilofs; Uria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890865436     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113110129     Document Type: Article

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